Iraq threat to Kuwait, 1961

Page from The Illustrated London News, 8 July 1961 reporting on the tensions in Kuwait after the Iraqi leader General Kassem had claimed Kuwait should be part of Iraq and had built up military forces near the border. British troops were deployed to protect Kuwait against the threat. See picture number 11936766 for opposite page to this spread

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